FLDOS Evergreen Oral Histories: African American Burial Grounds Oral History Project
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Interviewer
Antoinette Jackson
Publication Date
Summer 2025
Date
2025-05-07
Abstract
Telesia Chaney Stevens and Carol Nelson Chaney discuss their connections to Evergreen Cemetery in St. Petersburg, Florida. Telesia and Carol share their family histories, revealing their ancestors involvement in Evergreen Cemetery. Carol shares her grandmother Pertonia's stillborn child and her family's connection to a funeral home in Clearwater. Both emphasize the importance of recognizing these cemeteries and suggest the memorialization of Evergreen Cemetery to honor those buried individuals and preserve their history.
Keywords
Evergreen Cemetery (St. Petersburg Fla.), African American cemeteries, Tropicana Field (St. Petersburg Fla.), Families--History, Maceo Antonio Chaney Jr., Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church (St. Petersburg Fla.), Memorialization, Historic preservation, Petronia Chaney
Extent
00:22:32; 17 page transcript
Subject: geographic
Hillsborough County (Fla.); Pinellas County (Fla.); Tampa (Fla.); St. Petersburg (Fla.); Clearwater (Fla.)
Language
English
Digital Date
2025
Media Type
Oral history
Format
Digital only
Identifier
evergreen_cemetery_1001
Recommended Citation
Chaney Stevens, Telesia and Nelson Chaney, Carol, "Telesia Chaney Stevens and Carol Nelson Chaney Oral History Interview" (2025). FLDOS Evergreen Oral Histories: African American Burial Grounds Oral History Project. 2.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/evergreen_oral_histories/2
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